Kano’s Ganduje still battling old shadows A man whose achievements have been blighted by the Gandollar scandal and his ugly feud with the former Emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi, Governor Umar Ganduje has weathered his storms really well. Infrastructure Completion of various ongoing construction […]
Kebbi stands to get counted under Bagudu A lot of pundits look and perceive development to mean building sky scrapers, bridges and other structures forgetting a critical aspect of capacity development. Efforts have been put in the area of human development. Although it will be […]
Hemmed in by bandits, Aminu Masari strives on.. The times have really not been kind to Katsina State; not since the time of YarAdua, its governor in the era of […]
Jubal Kanayo writes The administrators in Northwestern Nigerian states of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna and Jigawa, join the LEADERSHIP Scorecard queue to have their works weighed, to see how they have fared in office, […]
Nigeria @ 60: Revisiting the Nigeria social contract Titi Sanni There is a local saying that if one compares children, some may be beaten to death. This perhaps best captures the sentiment Nigeria evokes put side by side with post-independence contemporaries. Nigeria at independence was […]
Onyima and the true believer’s principle By Onuorah Ndubuisi Godwin In the sanctity of the sacred journey towards posterity, in the furnace of refinement to reshape and fine-tune societal political orientation towards egalitarian political society, there certainly must be true believers. In his book The […]
AU backs calls for Mali junta to hand over to civilian rule The African Union (AU) has urged the military junta in Mali to quickly appoint civilian leaders to manage an 18-month transition towards elections following last month’s coup. The AU Peace and Security Commissioner […]
Forced searches in Cameroon capital ahead of protest Major junctions in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, have been occupied by security forces carrying out searches in taxis, buses and private cars ahead of an opposition protest planned for next week. The Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) is demanding […]
Okwudili gains traction with more projects in Awgu Since his election as the local government chairman of Awgu LGA five months ago, Hon. Pedro Okwudili has continually gained traction with the projects he has inaugurated, awarded and planned out for various localities within the local […]
Khalifa ready to lift oil blockade Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar says he is ready to temporarily lift his blockade of the country’s oil production facilities. The rival government which backs him in eastern Libya submitted its resignation earlier this week after protests in Benghazi […]
